Aug. 14, 2024

Twenty Two Minutes - A Gripping Paranormal Thriller

Twenty Two Minutes - A Gripping Paranormal Thriller
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Experience the nail-biting terror of a ghostly lumberjack's pursuit in 'Twenty-Two Minutes.' Will she survive the haunting? A suspense-filled story that will keep you on the edge of your seat.


Twenty-Two Minutes by Bruce Haney

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A weekend getaway is planned, with the finale being a

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marriage proposal. But a ghostly apparition has other plans for

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you and your honey. They're not about sight seeing or

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taking selfies. No, no, he has more dastardly plans in mind,

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and he brought his axe. What's that You want to

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be scared? Come with me. He will experience tales over opera,

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ghosts and death. He is not recommended at the foot

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a week at hard listeners in the dark, it's more

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fun at that way. Way. This is Weekly Speaking. Hello,

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my spooky is It's Wednesday, and you know what that means.

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It's time for a little spooky in your weekly. I'm,

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of course your host and narrator Enrique Kuto, and tonight's

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storm is truly a chilling one of the ghostly variety.

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And who doesn't love a good ghost story, Especially in

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the dead of summer as the sun burns hot, you

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need something to chill you to the bone. But before

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we get to that, I just want to simply say

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the Man of Strickfield himself. But my friends, I think

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it's about time we head to the Pacific Northwest for

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a little camping trip and hopefully we survive. Right after

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these quick words twenty two minutes by Bruce Haney, just

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stay calm, Laura. We have an officer dispatch that should

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arrive in twenty two minutes. The male dispatcher told me

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on the phone. Okay, I thought, I just need to

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stay alive for twenty two minutes. How hard could that be? Well,

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it would be tough because I had the ghost of

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a lumberjack with an axe trying to find me, and

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I was hiding at a ranger station that was just

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an old, single wide trailer. The ironic thing was that

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the place was stocked with plenty of food and provisions

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in case someone got stuck out here during the winter.

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But I didn't need food. The only revision I needed

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was an oozy. I wasn't hanging out there waiting for

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the weather to clear. It was august. I was trying

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to last twenty two minutes. Well, looking at my watch,

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now only twenty minutes best case scenario. So far. I

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hadn't heard any sign of him since I entered the trailer,

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but about five minutes ago I was running away after

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watching him smash my fiance's face in with his axe.

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Please lose all hope that this story ends with me

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finding out that the wounds were superficial and he survives

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and we have a beautiful wedding not gonna happen. I

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watched as he took his axe and made what was

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once such a beautiful face with perfect teeth in his

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cute little dimples that only appeared when he smiled. And

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watched it turned into ground beef, well ground beef with

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chunks of skull and teeth mixed in with extra ketchup

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on top. How long now? I asked the nine one

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one operator, who I still had on the phone. Can

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I get your ETA officer? Thirty four to fifty seven,

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he asked. I couldn't hear the officer's response, Yeah, uh huh, yep, okay, miss,

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looks like fifteen to twenty minutes until he arrives. He said,

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you made it sound like you knew the time to

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the minute. I yelled, which was a mistake, not because

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it upset the operator. No, he kept as cool. But

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a moment after my outburst, I heard the sound of

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the axe hitting a tree in the distance. The time

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I gave you was always an estimate. He did state

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that he is making good time, but it all depends

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on traffic, he said, calmly traffic. Isn't that why they

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have those flashing lights on top of their car. I

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was frustrated, but tried not to raise my voice. Boom,

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I heard the axe being slammed into another tree. It

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sounded nearer. What was this thing? I wondered when I

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found this trail. On the trail app, I didn't see

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any watch out for the one hundred year old ghost

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of a lumberjack notes. All it said was that a

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Bobcat was cited four years ago. I brought bear mace

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for that. Also side note, if you ever get into

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this situation, bear mace does not work on ghosts. I

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know who would even think to try that, but I did.

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It seems dumb, but as part of the scientific process,

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we can now rule out pepper spray as having any

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effect on ghosts. You're welcome the field of parapsychology research.

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I looked at my watch. I didn't want to ask

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the operator again. It had been about six minutes now

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since the original estimate, so best case scenario, I would

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only have to survive another sixteen minutes. Are you still there?

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The operator asked yes. I said, what is happening? The

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operator asked nothing. Just trying not to lose my mind

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in fear as the minutes to my safety slowly tick away.

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I said, well, we have the time, so explain to

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me again what happened. The operator asked, I don't want to.

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I said, it'll help, It'll kill time, and we will

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have a record of it, so you won't have to

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repeat the story right away after the officer arrives. From

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the beginning, I asked, sure, The operator said, with fifteen

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minutes left. I started my story. Alan and I had

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been dating for the last two years and we had

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finally decided that we should get engaged. We acted like

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I didn't know it was going to happen, but we

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had looked at rings together and we had planned this trip.

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Soon after, I chose the perfect one boom the crack

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of the axe hitting another tree. It startled me so

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so badly that I peed a little. It sounded closer

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than I wanted to admit to myself. Before continuing my story,

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I moved into the one room with a door, hoping

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that it would damper the sound of my voice as

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I talked. Still there, the operator asked, yes, I said, continue,

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time is still passing, they said, I looked at my clock,

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only fourteen minutes. Now I can do this. So we

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planned this trip This trail didn't have much to it

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except that it had a nice incline and supposedly had

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the remains of an old logging camp. I had seen

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pictures in the app of down trees, cables, and a

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large steam donkey. Typically, I would think this stuff would

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have been taken by scrappers. But being that we are

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in the Pacific Northwest, the ground is fairly soft most

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of the year from all the rain. Add a large

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incline to that, and you have scrap that's not worth

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the effort to the scrapper. But now I wonder if

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there was maybe another reason that the remnants remained. The

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coolest feature was an old abandoned steam donkey that was

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left up there. My father's father and his father were

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all in the logging industry, so I had a deep

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interest in that history. Boom, I heard and felt the

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axe slam into the side of the old trailer. What

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was that? The operator asked, in a volume outside of

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his usual calm demeanor. Sh he's attacking the trailer, I said,

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as quietly as I could while still being audible. Boom

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I heard once again on a different spot in the trailer.

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It wasn't closer to my location, so I hoped he

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didn't know exactly where I was in the single wide.

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I looked at my watch, thirteen minutes left. While I

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sat in silence, I thought about those last happy moments.

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After we had arrived at the abandoned lumber camp. I

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had been pointing out all the rigging and how it

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was used. Alan was a city kid and knew nothing

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about the lumber industry, or even the woods for that matter.

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When we started dating. As soon as I felt that

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he was safe, I started planning hiking trips for us

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instead of traditional dates. What is that, my soon to

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be fiance had asked, when he spotted the steam donkey.

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I can't believe this was left out here. This is

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so cool. I saw it restored one of these in

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action at the Timber festival in Estakata one year. I

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told him, yeah, but what is it? He asked. It's

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basically a winch, but steam powered. I told him, hey,

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take a photo of me in front of it for

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the socials I had asked him instead of taking my photo,

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he turned on the video function on his phone. Then

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he knew and started his speech. I was worried that

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the quality of the video wasn't going to be great.

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It was starting to get dark, but I wasn't going

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to interrupt him. I figure, I'll let him finish, then

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we can set up the tent. My dearest Laura, these

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last two years have been such a joy with you.

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I never want this time to end, he said, before

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being interrupted by the sound of an axe hitting a tree.

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What was that, I asked, Alan was a perpetual optimist.

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Probably just somebody chopping wood for a campfire, he said,

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in the middle of August during a fireban, I asked.

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A moment later, we spotted the man coming through the clearing.

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It was fascinating at first he was there, but also

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not there. I thought to myself, Wow, unsolved mysteries and

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are you afraid of the dark? Had it right? Ghosts

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were semi translucent, bluish pale figures. His clothes were period

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specific to the early part of the last century, leather

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boots and loose fitting pants held up with leather suspenders.

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He wore a dingy, long sleeved white shirt that appeared

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to be covered in dirt and dried blood. Once he

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spotted us, he headed in our direction. Alan, like I said,

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was an optimist, so He tried to speak to it

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like it wasn't clearly a ghost. Howdy out getting some firewood,

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Alan asked. Then the ghost slammed the axe into his face.

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Without even thinking, I pulled out the bear spray and

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shot the ghost in the face. It didn't respond in

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any way. I ran as quickly as I could, knowing

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that it was too late for Alan. The last image

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I have of Alan is when I looked back. He

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was on the ground with his hand up, still clutching

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the ring, my ring, the ring that symbolized a future

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we would now never have. Then the axe came down

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on his face again and the arm went limp and

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fell to the ground. Boom boom, boom fuck. The banging

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startled me and I stopped telling the story for a moment.

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Then I heard the unmistakable sound of the door being opened.

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It dragged on the floor from years of weather damage.

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Then what happened? The operator asked, sh he's too close.

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We have to be quiet, I told the operator, fearing

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that the ghost would hear his voice. The room I

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was in had a window, but it had bars, so

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it was not an escape route. I continued to listen

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and worry as I heard his footsteps walking on the floor.

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Thankfully the operator had taken the command to be quiet seriously.

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I could hear him breathe, so I knew he was

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still on the line. So I checked my watch. Nine minutes,

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just enough time for this spectral logger to chop me

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into tiny little pieces. What do I do? What do

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I do? I kept asking myself. I looked around the room,

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but there was nothing that would work as a weapon.

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I mean almost nothing. There was a porcelain lamp, which

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wouldn't do much, a notepad, and an old school phone book.

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I grabbed the phone book. It was a County edition,

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so it had some heft to it. I might be

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able to slow him down with it if I get

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a good hit in. I heard the floorboards creak as

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his footsteps approached the door to the room I was in. Well,

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I thought the moment of truth. I held my breath

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as I watched the knob turn. I didn't even attempt

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to hide. All that would do is put me in

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a vulnerable spot. When he found me, the door flew

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open and he stormed in. I took my yellow pages

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and slammed it through his head. Let me explain. I

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don't mean so hard that it smashed his skull and

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went through it. I mean I swung and it went

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through like nothing. Bullshit, I screamed. He can affect solid

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things well enough to kill the love of my life,

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but he's not solid enough for me to do anything.

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That thought train stopped when he swung the axe at

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my chest. Instinctually, I held the phone book in the way,

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which worked great as a makeshift shield. He snarled at me.

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I dropped down on my knees and ran under his

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legs to get away. I could have probably run right

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through him, but I didn't like the idea of that.

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Being that silence didn't seem to be a big deal anymore.

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The operator. OK are you okay? No, I screamed. He

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should be there soon, the officer. The officer said, in

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his typical calm voice. My watch told me I had

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six more minutes. Okay, okay, you can do this, I said,

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as I stood up and ran. I was just about

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to go out the door when I looked over once

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again at that supply shelf. Was that a flare gun,

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I asked myself. I decided to chance it. I ran

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over and grabbed it. At that moment he came around

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the corner, so I pointed the gun at him and

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fired nothing. It wasn't loaded. Fuck, I screamed as I

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turned and searched for the flares. I was in a

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state of panic as I searched, so I didn't notice

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him raise his axe. I screamed when he slammed the

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axe into my wrist. It also caused me to drop

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the phone, as this was no mere flesh wound. It

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was gruesome. It was deep, and even in the panic,

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I felt the bone break. I lifted my arm to look,

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but the lower portion just slumped to the side and

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blood began to flood out. I wondered if I would

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run out of blood before the cop arrived to save me.

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I estimated that I had around four minutes if I

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was lucky, which I hadn't been yet. So why would

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I be now My fiance was dead, my arm was fucked,

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and I couldn't find the damn flares. But then I did.

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The flares weren't even that hidden. I had just been

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too panic to focus. He swung again, but I dropped

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down to the ground as he smashed the axe into

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the cans of cream corn. I attempted to roll on

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my side to get far enough away to load and

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fire the flare gun, but I landed on my bad

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wrist and screamed out. I screamed so loud that the

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lumberjack stopped and stared at me. I looked up and

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our eyes met. I was filled with dread. The look

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in his eyes was death. He broke the gaze when

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he brought the axe up to hit me with it.

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While he did this, I loaded the flare gun and

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shot it at him, which did nothing. The flare went

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right through him, landing on the supply shelf. Why did

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I think it would do anything? The phone book didn't.

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What was magical about a flare gun? Make note, parapsychology researchers,

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I have ruled out bear mace, phone books, and flare

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guns as weapons against ghosts. I glanced at my watch

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only three minutes, but then I thought, what could a

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cop do that I didn't just do? He'll probably die

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right next to me. Then I saw flames. The supply

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shelf was catching fire from the flare. One of the

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shelves held lighter fluid. I didn't think that it would

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help against the ghost, but it did mean that I

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now had two reasons to get out of the trailer.

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I was still on the ground as I tried to

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make my exit. Do you know, oh how hard it

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is to crab walk backward with only one good arm.

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It's nearly impossible, But a killer with an axe is

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a great motivator. Boom, the axe went into the floor

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in front of me, right between my legs. The lumberjack

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attempted to pull the axe back. Surely he wouldn't miss again,

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but the axe wouldn't budge. Yes, I finally got a

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little bit of luck as he struggled. I continued moving

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backward until I could reach the open door. I grabbed

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it with my good arm and pulled myself up. I

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couldn't check on the status of the officer since I

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had dropped my phone, so I looked at my watch.

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Only two minutes until he or they would arrive. Good,

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because I was starting to feel the loss of blood

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behind me. As I moved, I heard what I believed

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to be the sound of the axe coming free from

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its hold on the floor. I kept moving, then kaboom.

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The flames must have gotten to the lighter fluid. I

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never looked back to see the damage too, afraid that

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the lumberjack would be one step behind me swinging that axe.

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I checked my watch again. Shouldn't I hear him squealing

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his tires rushing up the mountain road? There was only

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one minute left? Oh no, maybe he did hit traffic.

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Then I heard it, the sound of an engine and

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wheels spinning fast. I kept moving forward towards that sound.

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As I watched for the car. My vision started to blur.

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The next thing I knew, I was on the ground,

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so I kept crawling towards where the car was coming,

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hoping that they would see me and that I wouldn't

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get an axe in my back on the way. The

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driver saw me just in time. He had to slam

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on his brakes not to run over me. I heard

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him as he got out stand back, Sir, I'm going

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to need you to step back and drop the axe

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and we won't have any problem here, he said. The

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lumberjack kept moving forward. Sir, I said, back up and

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put the weapon down now. The lumberjack moved forward. Having

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no other option, the officer pulled out his gun and

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shot the man, which, of course did nothing, so he

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shot at him again. It's not going to work. I yelled.

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Then he shot again. He is invincible. Just get me

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in the fucking car and get me down this mountain,

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I screamed. Thankfully, the cop listened. He grabbed me and

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hauled me into the car. Then I must have passed

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out in the hospital. That cop was my first visitor.

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When I woke up, he came and told me the

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rest of the story. He tried one more time to

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get the man to stop, but he didn't, so he

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jumped in the car and threw the transmission in reverse.

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The lumberjack was able to put two two holes in

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the hood before we could get far enough away. He

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said that a half hour later, his backup showed up

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after he'd radioed it in. They found no axe wielding lumberjack.

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They did, of course, find the burning trailer and my

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fiance's body. Oh, before I go, we found this at

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the scene, and I thought you would want it, the

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cop said, as he held out the ring that Alan

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was proposing with. I instinctually held my left hand for

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him to slide it on my finger. That was the

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moment I realized that my wounded left hand had been amputated.

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I hope you enjoyed that story as much as I

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did my Spookies. And thanks to Bruce Haney for another

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terrifying tale. And I'm very excited to tell you Bruce

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wrote a full novella which will be publishing in October

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for all of you to hear. And he's even cooking

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up something for Thanksgiving. But we'll talk about that more

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as we get closer to Spooky Season. I can't wait.

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I also want to say a quick and huge thank

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you to everybody who's been getting in touch with us

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we're doing the same thing this year, thirty one shows

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